Revisiting May By Emmanuelle THIS year as in the past decade, the people of this town celebrate their fiesta in January. It has not always been so. They used to have their fiesta in May, when the native kalkalautit, sharing the landscape with the ancient acacias, let go of their…
END OF THE WORLD?–If you are reading this caption, it means you survived Judgment Day on May 21, 2011 that a group tirelessly went about spreading the warning to everyone they met and talked to. One was caught by PUNCH lensman Butch Uka’s camera frantically distributing leaflets about the prophesy…
JUNKET OR PERSONAL TRAVEL? FOR the five working days last week, all but one of the 31 barangay kapitans in Dagupan took a leave of absence from their posts to join a five-day Asian Cruise on board a luxury liner as ostensibly as part of their study tour program ‘Lakbay Aral’….
HIGH DIVERS–Would-be high-diver kids take advantage of the presence of the DPWH dredging machine docked at the Babaliwan on Calmay River in Dagupan City for a game that gives them an adrenalin-rush, something that computer games cannot provide. Back to Homepage
LINGAYEN—In response finally to vehement objections to its controversial tax measure, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed twin measures in its session last May 16 effectively modifying the implementation of the General Revision of Real Property (RPT) Assessment and Classification for 2011.
PARTYLIST Abono said it has not dropped its plan to sue Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and members of the provincial board until it has completed its consultation with farmers.
LINGAYEN—The momentum has been created for a series of historical and cultural undertakings about Pangasinan. Members of the academe and officials of Local Government Units have participated in a day-long workshop on May 17 in preparation for writing a new history book for Pangasinan.
The news that shocked the nation (Editor’s Note: In observance of the 45th death anniversary of our founder-editor-publisher Ermin E. Garcia, Sr., we are reprinting below news accounts and commentaries on his bloody death on May 20, 1966 so our readers may know and appreciate how this paper began its…
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE–The provincial government, through the Provincial Scholarship Fund Board (PSFB), administers the scholarship examination to some 569 incoming first year college students from various towns and cities of the province last May 11 simultaneously. Scholars will each receive a cheque worth P7,000 every semester. Exam results will be announced…
AT least 10 cooperatives in Eastern Pangasinan are in hot water on suspicion that they are engaged in dubious importation of rice. But an official of the National Food Authority (NFA) branch in Eastern Pangasinan was quick to defend them.
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